Jeremiah 48 - New American Standard Bible (NASB)

Prophecy against Moab

48 Concerning ^(A)Moab. This is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel says:

“Woe to ^(B)Nebo, for it has been destroyed;
^(C)Kiriathaim has been put to shame, it has been captured;
The high stronghold has been put to shame and ^[a]shattered.
² There is no longer praise for Moab;
In ^(D)Heshbon they have devised disaster against her:
‘Come and let’s cut her off from being a nation!’
You too, ^[b]Madmen, will be silenced;
The sword will follow you.
³ The sound of an outcry from ^(E)Horonaim,
‘Devastation and great destruction!’
⁴ Moab is broken,
Her little ones have sounded out a cry of distress.
⁵ For they will go up by the ascent of ^(F)Luhith
With continual weeping;
For at the descent of Horonaim
They have heard the ^[c]anguished cry of destruction.
^{6 (G)}Flee, save yourselves,
So that you may be like a juniper in the wilderness.
⁷ For because of your ^(H)trust in your own achievements and treasures,
You yourself will also be captured;
And ^(I)Chemosh will go off into exile
Together with his priests and his leaders.
⁸ A destroyer will come to every city,
So that no city will escape;
The valley also will be ruined
And the ^(J)plateau will be destroyed,
As the Lord has said.
⁹ Give ^[d](K)wings to Moab,
For she will ^[e]flee away;
And her cities will become a ^(L)desolation,
Without inhabitants in them.
^{10 (M)}Cursed is the one who does the Lord’s work ^(N)negligently,
And cursed is the one who restrains his ^(O)sword from blood.

¹¹ “Moab has been ^(P)at ease since his youth;
He has also been ^(Q)peaceful, like wine on ^[f]its dregs,
And he has not been ^(R)poured from vessel to vessel,
Nor has he gone into exile.
Therefore ^[g]he retains his flavor,
And his aroma has not changed.

¹² Therefore behold, the days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when I will send to him those who tip vessels, and they will tip him over, and they will pour out his vessels and smash ^[h]his jars. ¹³ And Moab will be ^(S)ashamed of ^(T)Chemosh, just as the house of Israel was ashamed of ^(U)Bethel, their confidence.

¹⁴ How can you say, ‘We are ^(V)warriors,
And men competent for battle’?
¹⁵ Moab has been destroyed and ^[i]men have gone up to ^[j]his cities;
His choicest ^[k](W)young men have also gone down to the slaughter,”
Declares the ^(X)King, whose name is the Lord of armies.
¹⁶ “The disaster of Moab will ^(Y)soon come,
And his catastrophe has hurried quickly.
¹⁷ Mourn for him, all you who live around him,
And all of you who know his name;
Say, ‘How the mighty ^[l](Z)scepter has been broken,
A staff of splendor!’
^{18 (AA)}Come down from your glory
And sit on the parched ground,
O ^(AB)daughter living in ^(AC)Dibon,
For the destroyer of Moab has come up against you,
He has ruined your strongholds.
¹⁹ Stand by the road and keep watch,
You inhabitant of ^(AD)Aroer;
^(AE)Ask him who flees and her who escapes
And say, ‘What has happened?’
²⁰ Moab has been put to shame, for it has been ^[m]shattered.
Wail and cry out;
Declare by the ^(AF)Arnon
That Moab has been destroyed.

²¹ “Judgment has also come upon the plain, upon Holon, ^(AG)Jahzah, and against ^(AH)Mephaath, ²² against Dibon, Nebo, and Beth-diblathaim, ²³ against Kiriathaim, Beth-gamul, and ^(AI)Beth-meon, ²⁴ against ^(AJ)Kerioth, Bozrah, and all the cities of the land of Moab, far and near. ²⁵ The ^(AK)horn of Moab has been cut off, and his ^(AL)arm broken,” declares the Lord. ²⁶ “^(AM)Make him drunk, for he has ^[n]become ^(AN)arrogant toward the Lord; so Moab will ^[o]vomit, and he also will become a laughingstock. ²⁷ Now was Israel not a ^(AO)laughingstock to you? Or was he ^[p](AP)caught among thieves? For whenever you speak about him you ^(AQ)shake your head in scorn.

²⁸ Leave the cities and live among the ^(AR)rocky cliffs,
You inhabitants of Moab,
And be like a ^(AS)dove that nests
Beyond the mouth of the chasm.
^{29 (AT)}We have heard of the pride of Moab—he is very proud—
Of his haughtiness, his ^(AU)pride, his arrogance, and ^[q]his self-exaltation.
³⁰ I know his ^(AV)fury,” declares the Lord,
“But it is futile;
His idle boasts have accomplished nothing.
³¹ Therefore I will ^(AW)wail for Moab,
For all of Moab I will cry out;
^[r]I will moan for the men of ^(AX)Kir-heres.
³² More than the ^(AY)weeping for ^(AZ)Jazer
I will weep for you, O vine of Sibmah!
Your tendrils stretched across the sea,
They reached to the sea of Jazer;
Upon your summer fruits and your grape harvest
The destroyer has fallen.
³³ So ^(BA)joy and rejoicing are removed
From the fruitful field, and from the land of Moab.
And I have ^(BB)eliminated the wine from the wine presses;
No one will tread them with shouting,
The shouting will not be shouts of joy.

^{34 (BC)}From the outcry at Heshbon to ^(BD)Elealeh, to Jahaz they have ^[s]raised their voice, from ^(BE)Zoar to Horonaim, and to Eglath-shelishiyah; for even the waters of Nimrim will become desolate. ³⁵ And I will put an end to Moab,” declares the Lord, “the one who offers sacrifice on the ^(BF)high place and the one who ^[t](BG)burns incense to his gods.

³⁶ “Therefore My ^(BH)heart makes a sound like flutes for Moab; My heart also makes a sound like flutes for the men of Kir-heres. Therefore they have ^(BI)lost the abundance it produced. ³⁷ For ^(BJ)every head is shaved bald, and every beard cut short; there are gashes on all the hands, and ^(BK)sackcloth around the waists. ³⁸ On all the ^(BL)housetops of Moab and in its public squares ^[u]there is mourning everywhere; for I have broken Moab like an undesirable ^(BM)vessel,” declares the Lord. ³⁹ “How ^[v]shattered it is! How they have wailed! How Moab has turned his back—he is ashamed! So Moab will become a laughingstock and an ^(BN)object of terror to all around him.”

⁴⁰ For this is what the Lord says:
“Behold, one will ^(BO)fly swiftly like an eagle
And ^(BP)spread out his wings against Moab.
⁴¹ Kerioth has been captured
And the strongholds have been seized,
So the ^(BQ)hearts of the warriors of Moab on that day
Will be like the heart of a ^(BR)woman in labor.
⁴² Moab will be ^(BS)destroyed from being a people
Because he has ^[w]become ^(BT)arrogant toward the Lord.
^{43 (BU)}Terror, pit, and snare are coming upon you,
Inhabitant of Moab,” declares the Lord.
⁴⁴ “The one who ^(BV)flees from the terror
Will fall into the pit,
And the one who climbs up out of the pit
Will be caught in the snare;
For I will bring upon her, upon Moab,
The year of their ^(BW)punishment,” declares the Lord.

⁴⁵ “In the shadow of Heshbon
The fugitives stand without strength;
For a fire has spread out from Heshbon
And a ^(BX)flame from the midst of ^(BY)Sihon,
And it has devoured the ^(BZ)forehead of Moab
And the scalps of the ^[x]loud revelers.
^{46 (CA)}Woe to you, Moab!
The people of ^(CB)Chemosh have perished;
For your sons have been taken away captive,
And your daughters into captivity.
⁴⁷ Yet I will ^(CC)restore the fortunes of Moab
In the ^[y]latter days,” declares the Lord.

This is the extent of the judgment on Moab.

Footnotes

1. Jeremiah 48:1 Or dismayed
2. Jeremiah 48:2 Heb Madmen; i.e., a city of Moab
3. Jeremiah 48:5 Lit distresses of outcry
4. Jeremiah 48:9 Or salt
5. Jeremiah 48:9 Or fall in ruins
6. Jeremiah 48:11 Lit his
7. Jeremiah 48:11 Lit his flavor has stayed in him
8. Jeremiah 48:12 Lit their
9. Jeremiah 48:15 Lit one has
10. Jeremiah 48:15 Lit her
11. Jeremiah 48:15 I.e., warriors
12. Jeremiah 48:17 Or rod
13. Jeremiah 48:20 Or dismayed
14. Jeremiah 48:26 Or magnified himself against
15. Jeremiah 48:26 Lit vomit in his vomit
16. Jeremiah 48:27 Or found
17. Jeremiah 48:29 Lit elevation of his heart
18. Jeremiah 48:31 Another reading is He
19. Jeremiah 48:34 Lit given forth
20. Jeremiah 48:35 Or offers up in smoke
21. Jeremiah 48:38 Lit all of it is mourning
22. Jeremiah 48:39 Or terrified
23. Jeremiah 48:42 Or magnified himself against
24. Jeremiah 48:45 Lit sons of uproar
25. Jeremiah 48:47 Lit end of the days

Cross references

1. Jeremiah 48:1 : Is 15:1; Ezek 25:9
2. Jeremiah 48:1 : Num 32:3, 38; Jer 48:22
3. Jeremiah 48:1 : Num 32:37; Jer 48:23; Ezek 25:9
4. Jeremiah 48:2 : Num 21:25; Jer 48:34, 45; 49:3
5. Jeremiah 48:3 : Is 15:5; Jer 48:5, 34
6. Jeremiah 48:5 : Is 15:5
7. Jeremiah 48:6 : Jer 51:6
8. Jeremiah 48:7 : Ps 52:7; Is 59:4; Jer 9:23
9. Jeremiah 48:7 : Num 21:29; 1 Kin 11:33; Jer 48:13, 46
10. Jeremiah 48:8 : Josh 13:9, 17, 21
11. Jeremiah 48:9 : Ps 11:1; Is 16:2; Jer 48:28
12. Jeremiah 48:9 : Jer 44:22
13. Jeremiah 48:10 : Jer 11:3
14. Jeremiah 48:10 : 1 Kin 20:39, 40, 42; 2 Kin 13:19
15. Jeremiah 48:10 : Jer 47:6, 7
16. Jeremiah 48:11 : Jer 22:21; Ezek 16:49; Zech 1:15
17. Jeremiah 48:11 : Zeph 1:12
18. Jeremiah 48:11 : Nah 2:2
19. Jeremiah 48:13 : Is 45:16; Jer 48:39
20. Jeremiah 48:13 : Judg 11:24
21. Jeremiah 48:13 : 1 Kin 12:29; Hos 8:5, 6
22. Jeremiah 48:14 : Ps 33:16; Is 10:13-16
23. Jeremiah 48:15 : Is 40:30, 31; Jer 50:27
24. Jeremiah 48:15 : Jer 46:18; 51:57; Mal 1:14
25. Jeremiah 48:16 : Is 13:22
26. Jeremiah 48:17 : Is 9:4; 14:5
27. Jeremiah 48:18 : Is 47:1
28. Jeremiah 48:18 : Jer 46:19
29. Jeremiah 48:18 : Num 21:30; Josh 13:9, 17; Is 15:2; Jer 48:22
30. Jeremiah 48:19 : Deut 2:36; Josh 12:2
31. Jeremiah 48:19 : 1 Sam 4:13, 14, 16
32. Jeremiah 48:20 : Num 21:13
33. Jeremiah 48:21 : Num 21:23; Is 15:4; Jer 48:34
34. Jeremiah 48:21 : Josh 13:18
35. Jeremiah 48:23 : Josh 13:17
36. Jeremiah 48:24 : Jer 48:41; Amos 2:2
37. Jeremiah 48:25 : Ps 75:10; Zech 1:19-21
38. Jeremiah 48:25 : Job 22:9; Ps 10:15
39. Jeremiah 48:26 : Jer 25:15
40. Jeremiah 48:26 : Ex 5:2; Jer 48:42; Dan 5:23
41. Jeremiah 48:27 : Lam 2:15-17; Mic 7:8-10
42. Jeremiah 48:27 : Jer 2:26
43. Jeremiah 48:27 : Job 16:4; Jer 18:16
44. Jeremiah 48:28 : Judg 6:2; Is 2:19; Jer 49:16; Obad 3
45. Jeremiah 48:28 : Ps 55:6; Song 2:14
46. Jeremiah 48:29 : Is 16:6; Zeph 2:8
47. Jeremiah 48:29 : Job 40:11, 12; Ps 138:6
48. Jeremiah 48:30 : Is 37:28
49. Jeremiah 48:31 : Is 15:5; 16:7, 11
50. Jeremiah 48:31 : 2 Kin 3:25; Is 16:7, 11; Jer 48:36
51. Jeremiah 48:32 : Is 16:8, 9
52. Jeremiah 48:32 : Num 21:32
53. Jeremiah 48:33 : Is 16:10; Jer 25:10; Joel 1:12
54. Jeremiah 48:33 : Is 5:10; Hag 2:16
55. Jeremiah 48:34 : Is 15:4-6
56. Jeremiah 48:34 : Num 32:3, 37
57. Jeremiah 48:34 : Gen 13:10; 14:2; Is 15:5, 6
58. Jeremiah 48:35 : Is 15:2; 16:12
59. Jeremiah 48:35 : Jer 7:9; 11:13
60. Jeremiah 48:36 : Is 15:5; 16:11
61. Jeremiah 48:36 : Is 15:7
62. Jeremiah 48:37 : Is 15:2; Jer 16:6; 41:5; 47:5
63. Jeremiah 48:37 : Gen 37:34; Is 15:3; 20:2
64. Jeremiah 48:38 : Is 22:1
65. Jeremiah 48:38 : Jer 19:10, 11; 22:28; 25:34
66. Jeremiah 48:39 : Ezek 26:16
67. Jeremiah 48:40 : Deut 28:49; Jer 49:22; Hos 8:1; Hab 1:8
68. Jeremiah 48:40 : Is 8:8
69. Jeremiah 48:41 : Jer 49:22
70. Jeremiah 48:41 : Is 13:8; 21:3; Jer 30:6; Mic 4:9, 10
71. Jeremiah 48:42 : Ps 83:4; Jer 48:2
72. Jeremiah 48:42 : Is 37:23; Jer 48:26
73. Jeremiah 48:43 : Is 24:17, 18; Lam 3:47
74. Jeremiah 48:44 : 1 Kin 19:17; Is 24:18; Amos 5:19
75. Jeremiah 48:44 : Jer 46:21
76. Jeremiah 48:45 : Num 21:28, 29
77. Jeremiah 48:45 : Num 21:21, 26; Ps 135:11
78. Jeremiah 48:45 : Num 24:17
79. Jeremiah 48:46 : Num 21:29
80. Jeremiah 48:46 : Judg 11:24; 1 Kin 11:7; Jer 48:7
81. Jeremiah 48:47 : Jer 12:14-17; 49:6, 39